'Growing Pains' child star Ashley Johnson reveals 'dark' moment armed fan tried to abduct her from set
Ashley Johnson is recalling a terrifying moment from her childhood in Hollywood, revealing a fan grabbed her and tried to abduct her during a live taping of "Growing Pains."The former child star says she was just 7 years old when an armed fan broke from a studio audience line, grabbed her and tried to carry her away during a live taping after production had received a threat warning that someone planned to bring a gun to the set. Johnson said the man was armed."It was in the first year that I was on, and we had only done a couple of film nights," Johnson began on the "Weird Kids" podcast.KIRK CAMERON PRAISES NASHVILLE'S 'GOOD VALUES' AFTER DITCHING CALIFORNIA OVER COST OF LIVING, POLITICSBack then, she said, security around the cast was far less restrictive than it is today."So, I hadn't done that many yet … and at that time, all of the cast sort of had trailers, and they were like old camper trailers," Johnson said.
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Ashley Johnson is recalling a terrifying moment from her childhood in Hollywood, revealing a fan grabbed her and tried to abduct her during a live taping of "Growing Pains."The former child star says she was just 7 years old when an armed fan broke from a studio audience line, grabbed her and tried to carry her away during a live taping after production had received a threat warning that someone planned to bring a gun to the set. Johnson said the man was armed."It was in the first year that I was on, and we had only done a couple of film nights," Johnson began on the "Weird Kids" podcast.KIRK CAMERON PRAISES NASHVILLE'S 'GOOD VALUES' AFTER DITCHING CALIFORNIA OVER COST OF LIVING, POLITICSBack then, she said, security around the cast was far less restrictive than it is today."So, I hadn't done that many yet … and at that time, all of the cast sort of had trailers, and they were like old camper trailers," Johnson said. "Like they're not like the fancy trailers that they are now."She explained that cast members walked directly past audience members on their way into the studio."We would exit our trailers before the shoot and the audience that would be walking in, you would walk by the audience before you would walk into the studio," she said."And this is going to get a little dark, but somebody had written in and said that ‘I am coming to set, and I am going to bring a gun … I am going to murder some of the cast.’"With audience members only "within five feet" away when the cast was walking into the studio, Johnson said one man suddenly lunged toward her."So, I'm walking with my mom, and then I just remember some guy hops out of the line, and he grabs me … grabs me up and starts booking it," she said. "And all I remember is like, there was security that somehow got on him after some time."LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING?
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- Ashley Johnson is recalling a terrifying moment from her childhood in Hollywood, revealing a fan grabbed her and tried to abduct her during a live taping of "Growing Pains."The former child star says she was just 7 years old when an armed fan broke from a studio audience line, grabbed her and tried to carry her away during a live taping after production had received a threat warning that someone planned to bring a gun to the set. Johnson said the man was armed."It was in the first year that I was on, and we had only done a couple of film nights," Johnson began on the "Weird Kids" podcast.KIRK CAMERON PRAISES NASHVILLE'S 'GOOD VALUES' AFTER DITCHING CALIFORNIA OVER COST OF LIVING, POLITICSBack then, she said, security around the cast was far less restrictive than it is today."So, I hadn't done that many yet … and at that time, all of the cast sort of had trailers, and they were like old camper trailers," Johnson said.
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